Others may have moved on, but we haven’t.
Here are EW’s picks for the most heartbreaking deaths on teen shows over the years.
Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton),The O.C.
Alycia Debnam-Carey on ‘The 100’; Kristine Sutherland on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’; Cory Monteith on ‘Glee’.Credit:Cate Cameron/The CW; Richard Cartwright/UPN/courtesy Everett; Adam Rose/FOX
Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) is drawn to tragedy.
The girl next door thendies in the armsof the man she loved.
On the one hand, it was an epic end for a tragic character.
Mischa Barton and Ben McKenzie on ‘The O.C.'.Michael Desmond/FOX
On the other hand, it was just too sad.
And back when the O.G.
Good night, sweet Chris.
Michelle Williams on ‘Dawson’s Creek’.Columbia TriStar Television
Ruth Kinane
Allison Argent (Crystal Reed),Teen Wolf
Talk about a shocking death.
Although the show would run for three more seasons, Allison’s death remained the biggest twist.
He feels left out after discovering his friends were deeply entangled in the increasingly dangerous world of the unknown.
Joe Dempsie on ‘Skins’.Channel 4
Evil, evil, evil.
Sydney Bucksbaum
J.T.
(Ryan Cooley),Degrassi: The Next Generation
J.T.
Cory Monteith on ‘Glee’.Everett Collection
Yorke (Ryan Cooley) was one of the most beloved students at Degrassi.
Degrassiviewers, and J.T.
’s classmates, were heartbroken to watch a senseless act of violence cut the young boy’s life short.
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Kristine Sutherland on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’.Warner Bros. Television
Hearing Liberty yell “tell me” to Toby before discovering that J.T.
has a heart attack and dies in the 100th episode.
And, to make matters worse, saving Lana’s life means Jonathan died instead to find a balance.
Crystal Reed and Tyler Posey on ‘Teen Wolf’.MTV
Clark learns a hard lesson from this episode: His actions have real consequences.
Logan (Jason Dohring),Veronica Mars
Rob Thomas, how dare you.
Why couldn’t the credits just roll then?
Joseph Quinn on ‘Stranger Things’.Courtesy of Netflix
What was all the will-they-won’t-they even for if it was just going to end in disaster?
This death was not only gut-wrenching and heartbreaking it was wholly unnecessary.S.B.
The death rocked Emily and all of the shippers who watched them as they fell in love.
Rudy Pankow and Madison Bailey on ‘Outer Banks’.Jackson Lee Davis/Netflix
Colin Hanks on ‘Roswell’.Everett Collection
Craig Scheffer on ‘One Tree Hill’.Everett Collection
Ryan Cooley (right) on ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’.CATV
Javon Walton on ‘Euphoria’.Eddy Chen/HBO
Tom Welling holding John Schneider on ‘Smallville’.Sergei Bachlakov/The CW
Luke Perry on ‘Riverdale’.Cate Cameron/The CW
Edward Herrmann on ‘Gilmore Girls’.Warner Bros./Everett Collection
Jason Dohring on ‘Veronica Mars’.Michael Desmond/Hulu
Paul Wesley on ‘The Vampire Diaries’.Bob Mahoney/The CW
Bianca Lawson on ‘Pretty Little Liars’.Randy Holmes/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images
Katherine Langford on ‘13 Reasons Why’.Beth Dubber/Netflix
Alycia Debnam-Carey on ‘The 100’.Cate Cameron/The CW/Courtesy Everett Collection
